terminal moraine

terminal moraine

noun Geology.
a moraine marking the farthest advance of a glacier or ice sheet.

Origin:
1855–60
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Terminal moraine is always a great word to know.
So is permeability. Does it mean:
single bed of sedimentary rock, consisting of one kind of matter representing continuous deposition
capability of a porous rock or sediment to permit the flow of fluids through its pore spaces
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terminal moraine  
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